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THE US Government has joined forces with the entertainment industry to stop the freewheeling global bazaar in pirated movies and music, pressuring foreign governments to crack down or risk incurring trade barriers.

Last year, for instance, the movie industry lobby suggested Sweden change its laws to make it a crime to swap copyrighted movies and music for free over the internet. Shortly after, the Swedish Government complied.

Last month, Swedish authorities briefly shut down a file-sharing website after receiving a briefing on the site's activities from US officials in Washington.

The raid incited a political and popular backlash in Sweden.

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http://www.smh.com.au/news/business/us-usi...9964742126.html

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pressuring foreign governments to crack down or risk incurring trade barriers.

The government only does this for large corporate interests.

Why aren't they creating trade barriers with China due to their currency being kept artificially low? Or because of their mile long list of human rights violations (all of which result not only in continued human suffering, but also in jobs and livelihood being lost in first world countries in the Americas, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and Asia)?

The government only intervenes in “global capitalism” when there is a monetary reward involved.

In this case, it’s like this.

-Media companies give bribes to politicians (from all parties).

-Politicians in turn do everything in their power to make sure they have the ability to maximize their profits (even if done so illegally).

-Politicians take their mercenary ways overseas because foreign entities are perceived to be taking away from the media companies’ ability to maximize profit.

If they sound less an less like a government to you, then you're probably right.

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